Police and officials from the Independent Policing Oversight Authority in Nakuru county launched investigations following the death of a 40-year-old man while in custody at Keringet Police Station in Kuresoi South Subcounty.
According to police, the deceased, identified as Benard Cheruiyot, had been booked on March 26, 2026, at Kiptangich Police Station on allegations of threatening to kill.
Police at the station said the incident was first reported by fellow inmates at around 11:30 a.m, who alerted officers that Cheruiyot was unwell.
Police responded and found him in a distressed state, during which he reportedly injured himself by hitting his head against the cell wall.
A clinical officer from Keringet Subcounty Hospital was called to the station and administered first aid, after which the inmate temporarily calmed down.
However, at around 8 am, his condition deteriorated, prompting officers to rush him to Keringet Sub-County Hospital for further treatment. He was later pronounced dead at approximately 10 am.
The body has been preserved pending a post-mortem examination as authorities begin investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death.
The matter is under investigation. Such matters are usually handled by IPOA.
In a different incident, a carpenter collapsed and died at a workshop in Kilgoris Town, Narok Town.
Police said Ombongo Choi had taken alcohol at a local bar before he went to join other carpenters on Saturday. He suddenly developed breathing difficulties and collapsed before his colleagues rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police visited the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending other procedures.
Elsewhere, a 45-year-old man was electrocuted after he climbed a power pole to rectify a fault he said he had noticed in Matuu, Machakos County.
Police and Kenya Power and Lighting officials said the incident happened on Saturday, March 28, after one Nicholas Musyoka climbed the power pole oblivious of the dangers ahead.
He was electrocuted and died on the spot. There had been a power blackout in the area and the victim decided to climb the pole with live electric cables to correct a fault he claimed to know.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police warn against such moves as they are deemed dangerous.
